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  • Benthic habitat map for West Flower Garden Bank

    Metadata Updated: February 8, 2018

    The design of this field mission is three fold: (1) to spatially characterize the distribution, abundance and size of both reef fishes and macro invertebrates within and around the waters of the Flower Gardens National Marine Sanctuary using, (2) to relate this information to in-situ data collected on associated habitat parameters and (3) to use hydroacoustics technologies for a comprehensive assessment of East and West Bank. This information collected will be used to evaluate the utility of an experimental fishing closure on one of the most pristine reefs under US jurisdiction in the tropical Western Atlantic. Data collected during this mission (pre-closure) will provide baseline information necessary to evaluate closure efficacy and assess whether the closure should become permanent.

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    License: U.S. Government Work

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    Dates

    Metadata Date January 24, 2017
    Metadata Created Date September 27, 2015
    Metadata Updated Date February 8, 2018
    Reference Date(s) May 1, 2013 (creation), January 24, 2017 (publication)
    Frequency Of Update asNeeded

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NOAA CSW Harvest Source

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date January 24, 2017
    Metadata Created Date September 27, 2015
    Metadata Updated Date February 8, 2018
    Reference Date(s) May 1, 2013 (creation), January 24, 2017 (publication)
    Responsible Party NOAA/NOS/NCCOS/CCMA Biogeography Branch (Principal Investigator)
    Contact Email
    Access Constraints
    Bbox East Long -93.772611
    Bbox North Lat 27.924441
    Bbox South Lat 27.816324
    Bbox West Long -93.88799
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update asNeeded
    Guid corisid:7236
    Harvest Object Id 75070f9a-b454-40c5-87b6-a5a48b55b506
    Harvest Source Id 2aed8e29-fc5b-4cde-aa66-fb1118fd705e
    Harvest Source Title NOAA CSW Harvest Source
    Licence None
    Metadata Language
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Progress
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System 32615
    Spatial Harvester True

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